Wednesday, September 14, 2016

I love strange games, and will talk about some games I come across that will fit strange taste people like me. Simian.interface is a game with an amazing retro-feel puzzle for those who like spatial pattern recognition puzzles. You can play the flash original version for free here.You'll feel like a simian, guaranteed!The infinite mode is awesome, play it only when you have time. Prepare a full night just to do it. It is infinite, after all! It is the Simian.interface++ version, and you can buy it from the developer or Steam.Also great for quick achievements, if you play it on Steam.

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

If you have a taste for strange, different kind of humor, then The Brand New Testament (Le tout nouveau testament) is for you.God lives in Brussels with his wife and 10 years old daughter, in an apartment without windows or doors. He is a bad husband and father, and spend his time having fun with his human and nature creations, creating laws bothering humans and all kinds of disasters.One day his daughter has access to his computer...

It is a comedy where you have dense characters, and no one laughs, only you. You will find connection between all little elements and actions of the movie, and that is geniously amazing!

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Starting from a very easy and quick blender die (dice) modeling tutorial, I tried some variations using lights and different focus points, but it was still a very shy approach to focus-defocus using blender, I'm better using ot with a DSLR camera.The dice tutorial I followed was made by Azenquor here on youtube.

O also experimented with fur and dice, using hair particles and tweaking some variables, using as learning base this furry bear tutorial made by one of my favourite tutorial creator, tutor4u.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Found this blender candy material tutorial here at mclelun website, between other interesting tutorials.I tried it but used it on an open space, just the way I like it, to make greeting cards, party invitations or just serene illustrations to relax the eye on it.Next, I will try to apply the material to different shapes and maybe an animation in blender. It really looks like those pairs of lollipops are friends walking along.Here is the result of the first 2 experiments:

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

You
can make the cowl with any yarn and needle you want, just make the
initial chain as long as the circumference you want and make sure you
have multiples of 4 plus 1 chain.

The
quantity you will need depends on the circumference size and the
height of the cowl. You can make it as large as you wish after
starting the cowl, but the circumference size is decided on the beginning.

Bulky
yarn – The pink cowl on the photo used 200 grams of bulky yarn and 9 mm
hook.

Aran –
The striped cowl used 125 grams and a 6 mm hook.

Other
info:

The
cowl is worked on the round.

Single
crochet and clusters on row 2 are worked on back loop only.

Changing colors - If you are working
with different colors to make stripes, do not make the ch 3 on the
beginning of row 3. Fasten off previous color and go directly to sc
on 1st cluster with the new color.

Final
Round - Row 3 is a unifying round for the bubbles. You may want or
not to use the R3 as your final round, depending on the length and
yarn chosen. For the long cowl and bulky yarn I finished with a
repeat of R3. For the short cowl that sits next to the neck, you can
finish on the R2 repeat, to let bottom bubbles
open and sit on chest. Try the cowl before making the final
repeat of R3 to see what fists best for you.

Gauge
is not important.

Stitches:

Ch
– chain

Sl
st – slip stitch

sk
1 st – skip 1 stitch

sc
– single crochet

blo
– back loop only

Cluster
- 7 trebles toghether - tr7tog:

(Yo 2
times, insert needle on st, yo through stitch,

yo
through 2 loops on hook, yo through 2 loops on hook)*

-
incomplete treble made – 2 stitches on hook.

Repeat
* 6 more times, there will be 8 stitches on hook,

yo,
pass through all 8 loops,

yo,
pass through 1 loop.

R1
– Make a chain of multiples of 4+1 until you reach the
circumference size needed. Sl st on first ch without twisting chain.

R3
– Ch 3, sc on top of 1st cluster (there is a little hole
where you can make the sc), (ch 3, sc on top of cluster)* around.
Last stitch of last repeat make a sl st.

Next rows - Repeat R2 and R3
until desired height. The clusters on the repeats of R2 are going to
be placed on the middle of ch 3 from previous row, and sc on top of
previous row 3 sc and row 2 cluster.

Sunday, December 6, 2015

Found this 11 minutes Blender 3D: Destroy a Christmas Ornament video tutorial on Youtube, by Blender Campus, and in a snap I was smashing christmas baules on blender.Made my ball in a glass material, and changed the colour in each render.I would love to experiment with nice soft light and wooden floors, but render times on my really old pc are impossible.After rendering the image almost for 12 hours, I still had noise on the shades, and used GIMP to clear the noise on those parts, wich was tedious enough, but here is the result of my virtual smashing.Thank you Blender Campus!

Friday, November 27, 2015

Time to complete: 2-3 hours.Level: easyGauge is not important.Needle: 8 mm or adjusted to yarn weightYarn:100-150 grams (150 yrds) of aran or bulky yarn. Other yarn types can be used, just adjust the initial lenght in multiples of 19.

Finished size: 80 cm / 32 inch diameter - 18 cm / 7 inches width

Ch - ChainDC - Double CrochetSl St - Slip StitchBLO - Back loop only

Work all the single DCs on BLO, and the shell on both loops of previous row. This will create wavy lines along the cowl.For a different effect, just DC on both loops of previous row.

4 DC decrease - *Yo, insert hook through stitch from last row, yo, pull loop through the stitch (3 loops on hook). Yo, pull through 2 loops* (you'll have 2 loops on hook). Repeat from * to * in the next 3 stitches from last row (5 loops on hook). Yo and pull through all 5 loops on hook. 4 DC decrease made.

4 DC Shell - Work 4 DC on the same stitch.

Begining chain can be adjusted in multiples of 19. In this case we have 5 repetitions of 19 stitches, giving us 95 ch. The stitch count at the end of each row is always the same as the begining chain.

R2 - (In this round, you start the first of the three single dc in the fourth dc of the shell from previous round and skip the closest stitches to the decrease set on both sides.)Ch 4 (counts as 1 DC, 1 Ch), * 4 DC Shell in the middle of DC shell from last row (between 2nd and 3rd DC of 4 DC Shell). (Ch 1, skip next st, DC) 3 times. Ch 1, skip next st, 4 DC decrease (it will fall on top of decrease from last row).(Ch 1, skip next ch, DC) 3 times. Ch 1, skip next ch * Repeat from * to * 4 times, omiting last Dc on last repeat, ch 1. Slip stitch on 3rd ch of initial chain.

Friday, March 6, 2015

How I made the pig from a plasticine ball? I didn't. I inverted the order of the pictures to create the illusion of a pig rising from a ball. The pig was squezed in to a plasticine ball and not the inverse.

Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Thanks to the tutorials that Oliver Villar from Blendtuts.com have made, I created this winter snowman card in Blender. I'm happy with the result, considering a fact that I am a complete Blender begginer.

I have more blender projects on the oven. I call it oven because my PC is really old and is running for hours and hours, hours and more hours to produce a single image. But then, we got to work with the tools we have, right?

Monday, February 9, 2015

The short poncho neckwarmer uses bulky/super bulky yarn and it is a quick pattern to make.If you choose a thinner yarn, it will be smaller and will fit children too.The model is strechy enough to fit over the shoulders with or without a coat.The flower is optional, it can be changed for any other motif or flower you wish to use.

Shells round: (change color if desired) sl st to any st from last
round, *Skip next st, 5 DC in same st, skip next st, sc (shell made)*. Repeat from * to * working shells around, fasten off. (26 shells)Neck: Atach yarn with a sl st on any st of R1 ch, sc in same st, and in each one of the st around. Fasten off. Weave in ends.(40 sc)

Flower (optional): Bottom petals: Ch 5, join with sl st in first ch (or MR). (Sc, ch 8) 5 times. (5 loops) In each loop make 2 sc, HDC, DC, Tr, DC, HDC, 2 sc. Fasten off. Center: Make a magic ring (MR), (ch 4, sc) 15 times. Fasten off (push end of magic ring to send all chs to the center tight, tie both ends).Stitch or tie center to bottom petals, and leave ends to attach to the neckwarmer.When applying to the neckwarmer, stitch the center and also the top petal, to prevent it from pointing down due to the weight.

Monday, January 5, 2015

I can't create images or do photo editing, so I use that extra time to do other things I love, like crochet-as-you-go or, as commonly known, freeform crochet.

I was trying some gauges for a Tunisian crochet blanket I'm starting to work on a CAL, and decided not to frog the experiment, because the piece had a inner bracelet spirit calling for me. Then, I added a picot and two cords in the end and made this wrist warmer bracelet.